great gross noun

A unit of quantity equal to 12 gross (1728)

greatˈ-hearted adjective

1. Having a great or noble heart
2. High-spirited
3. Magnanimous

great-heartˈedness noun

greatˈ-nephew noun

The grandson of one's own or one's spouse's brother or sister

greatˈ-niece noun

The granddaughter of one's own or one's spouse's brother or sister

great primer see primer

great schism noun (historical)

The great Eastern schism or the Western schism (see under schism)

Great Sea noun (archaic)

The Mediterranean

Great Seal noun

A seal kept by the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper and used on the most important state papers

great tit noun

A kind of tit (see tit¹), Parus major, with yellow, black and white markings

great toe see under toe

greatˈ-uncle noun

A grandparent's brother or a grandparent's sister's husband

Great War noun

A term applied esp to the war of 1914–18

Great White Way noun

1. A nickname for Broadway in New York
2. Any brightly lit street with theatres, etc

great year noun (astronomy)

The length of time (about 25800 years) it takes for the equinoctial points to make a complete revolution

Great Scott!

An exclamation of surprise

the Great and the Good

(an assembly of) eminent, worthy and respected public figures (often somewhat ironic in use)

the greatest (informal)

1. A wonderful, marvellous person or thing
2. The outstanding performers in their field

the great unwashed

A contemptuous term for the general populace

gross /grōs/

adjective

1. Total, including everything, without deductions
2. Extremely fat, obese
3. Enormous, bulky
4. Stupid, dull, slow
5. Coarse, sensual
6. Obscene
7. Extreme
8. Flagrant, glaring, palpable
9. Crass, boorish
10. Coarse in mind
11. Dense in growth, rank
12. Solid, earthbound, not ethereal
13. Disgusting, repulsive (informal)
14. (of pay) before the deduction of income tax, National Insurance, superannuation and other voluntary deductions
15. (of a horse) naturally large-girthed, as opposed to overweight (racing)

noun (pl gross)

1. The main bulk
2. The whole taken together, sum total (revived from obsolete)
3. Twelve dozen, 144
4. The total profit

adverb

Before tax or other contributions have been deducted

transitive verb

To make as total income or revenue

grossˈly adverb

grossˈness noun

gross capital employed noun (accounting)

The capital and other finance used by a business, which is the total value of assets as shown on the balance sheet

gross circulation noun

The total sales of a magazine or newspaper before mistakes or the number of unsold copies have been taken into consideration

gross domestic product noun

The gross national product less income from foreign investments, the total value of goods and services produced within a country

gross earnings plural noun

A person's total income received from all sources

gross investment noun (economics)

Spending on replacement of worn-out and obsolescent buildings, machinery and equipment and on increasing stock of such capital assets

gross loss noun (bookkeeping)

The loss made when the cost of goods exceeds their sales value

gross margin or gross profit noun (business)

The difference between the selling price of an article and the cost of the materials and labour needed to produce it

gross national product noun

The total value of all goods and services produced in a specified period (usu annually) within a country (ie the gross domestic product) plus the income from property held in foreign countries and incomes of domestic residents received from abroad as salaries, dividends or interest, minus similar payments made to residents of other countries

grossˈ-out noun (informal, chiefly N American)

Something offensive, disgusting, sickening (also adjective). See also gross out below

gross output noun

The total selling value of (a firm's) output within a given period, incl the value of necessary materials bought to produce that output

gross profit

See gross margin above

gross profit margin noun

The gross profit expressed as a percentage of sales

gross profit mark-up noun

The gross profit expressed as a percentage of the cost price of goods

gross redemption yield noun

The average annual yield on a gilt-edged stock, including dividend payments and any capital gain or loss

gross weight noun (business)

The combined weight of an article and its packaging

great gross

A dozen gross (ie 1728)

gross out (informal, chiefly N American)

To disgust, shock, offend with indecency or sickening behaviour

gross up

To convert a net figure into a gross one for the purpose of tax calculation, etc

in gross

In bulk, wholesale